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MICROBIOLOGY
Lecture IX
PRODUCTION OF BEER
BARLEY
BEERS
BARLEY BEERS
The process of
producing beer is
known as brewing.
RAW MATERIALS
FOR BREWING
barley,
malt,
adjuncts,
yeasts,
hops, and
water
barley,
barley,
barley,
barley,
barley,
barley,
Hordeum vulgare
barley,
malt,
barley,
malt,
adjuncts,
barley,
malt,
adjuncts,
yeasts,
barley,
malt,
adjuncts,
yeasts,
hops
barley,
malt,
adjuncts,
yeasts,
hops, and
water
TYPES OF
BARLEY
BEERS
Top-fermented beers
Bottom fermented beers.
BOTTOM-FERMENTED BEERS
Bottom-fermented
beers are also known as
lager beers because
they were stored or
lagered (from German
lagern = to store) in
cold cellars after
fermentation for
clarification and
maturation.
BOTTOM-FERMENTED BEERS
Yeasts used in bottomfermented beers are
strains of
Saccharomyces uvarum
(B)DORTMUND BEER
(B)DORTMUND BEER
(C) MUNICH
(D) WEISS
TOP-FERMENTED BEERS
(A) ALE
(A) ALE
(A) ALE
(A) ALE
In Burton-on-Trent where
the best ales are made, the
water is rich in gypsum
(calcium sulfate).
(B) PORTER
(C) STOUT
(C) STOUT